ISLES
an original design
for Jack Nicklaus Golf and Course Design - Signature Edition
by Mark Alan Willett
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PART 3 BENSTEN/ISLES/PGA FEATURE TO FOLLOW.............
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UPI DATELINE HONOLULU
PART 3 - BILLIONAIRE TO HOST TOURNEY?

SO THAT'S THE DECISION THAT THE PGA FACES NOW:  WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT 
BENSTEN'S OFFER TO SPONSOR A NEW PGA TOURNAMENT WITH ALL EXPENSES PAID 
INCLUDING AIRFARE, HOUSING, AND PRIZE MONEY.  FOR THE SPORTS WORLD, THE 
QUESTION IS "CAN THE PGA BE BOUGHT?"

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BACKGROUND TO FOLLOW..........

AARON BENSTEN, WORLD-CLASS BUSINESSMAN, STEEL MAGNATE, REAL ESTATE TYCOON AND 
OWNER OF HALF OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU, FOUNDER AND OWNER OF BENSTEN LTD. 
SHIPPING, KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED WHEN HE BOUGHT THOSE THREE SMALL SOUTH 
SEAS ISLANDS 38 MONTHS AGO:  A PLACE TO PLAY AND RELAX, AND HIS OWN GOLF 
COURSE.
  TO THAT END, HE HIRED SE DESIGNER MARK WILLETT, GAVE HIM CONTROL OF TWO
OF THE ISLANDS, AND OPENED THE COFFERS. THE COURSE WAS 22 MONTHS IN CONTRUC-
TION, AND ESTIMATED TO COST ALMOST 11 MILLION. MUCH OF THAT COST COMING FROM
THE NEED TO TRANSPORT IN THE GREATER MAJORITY OF THE MATERIALS.
  WILLETT HAS SAID THAT, TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, ONLY ELEVEN PEOPLE TO DATE HAVE 
PLAYED ON THE COURSE - CALLED "ISLES" AFTER BENSTEN'S PET NAME FOR THE 
ENTIRE ISLAND COMPLEX: "...MY CABIN AT THE ISLES."  IN FACT, BENSTEN'S CABIN
IS A 53-ROOM MANSION STAFFED BY 17 LIVE-IN EMPLOYEES.
  WILLETT HAS REFUSED FURTHER COMMENT ABOUT THE COURSE, SAYING "WHEN MR.
BENSTEN WANTS THE WORLD TO KNOW ABOUT 'ISLES,' HE WILL CERTAINLY TELL THEM."
  SEEMS THAT BENSTEN HAS GROWN BORED PLAYING BY HIMSELF AND IS READY TO 
INVITE THE WORLD INTO HIS LITTLE RECREATION AREA.
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WEATHER TO FOLLOW..........
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THE COURSE

OUT                                      IN
Kaluakoi          Par 4     338 yards    Kona              Par 4     418 yards
Kaanapali         Par 4     439 yards    Hawaii Kai        Par 3     226 yards    
Kapalua           Par 4     426 yards    Mililani          Par 4     420 yards
Kauai Lagoons     Par 3     128 yards    Pali              Par 5     482 yards
Olomana           Par 5     588 yards    Kiahuna           Par 3     133 yards
Turtle Bay        Par 3     154 yards    Pukalani          Par 4     380 yards
Makaha Valley     Par 4     311 yards    Ko Olina          Par 4     335 yards
Waialae           Par 4     436 yards    Mauna Lani        Par 4     423 yards
Aaron's Pride     Par 5     543 yards    Aloha             Par 5     542 yards
     Sub-total       36    3413 yards                         36    3359 yards
     Isles           72    6772 yards


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  The short and dark palm tree with the whitish trunk was borrowed from the
Accolade clip-art package and lightly reworked for Isles.  The remainder of
the objects, for better or worse, are mine.

If you enjoyed Isles, you may also enjoy my other SE course: Scorpion.  Also,
look this year, to find Cherry Hills, Oakmont, Gila Monster, Royal Marke, 
Mulligan;s Point, and Alhambra for the SE software.

(signed)
Mark Alan Willett
April, 1992


1086 Corona #6
Denver, Colorado 80218
PRODIGY ID: FNVV69A

("Aaron Bensten" is a fictional creation, and any resemblance to any person
living or dead would not only be coincidental, it would be downright 
grotesque.)
